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ROYAL COPENHAGEN 
teristic of the Copenhagen ware. The few illustrations we 
give show how these little ornamental pieces are true to life. 
Some come from the Royal Copenhagen Works, some from 
Bing & Grondahl. Both potteries have been mentioned 
before in this Magazine and their porcelains illustrated, but 
it is the first time that we give reproductions of these unique 
ROYAL COPENHAGEN 
Mr. Theodor Mads. 
ornamental gems. While the modeling of human forms is 
occasionally attempted, especially by Bing & Grondahl, animal 
forms are evidently the favorite study of the Copenhagen 
artists, and in the perfection of workmanship their produc- 
tions remain unsurpassed. 
Over seven hundred bottles and vials were taken from an 
apothecary shop that was unearthed in the excavations in 
Pompeii recently. Most of them were of singular form, some 
being fashioned to resemble certain animals, and it was 
thought they were used to contain drugs or potions as- 
sociated with the animal portrayed. In one which was her- 
metically sealed, there still remained about a gallon and-a-half 
of a dark liquid which was turned over to chemists who are 
now making an analysis of it. 
LEAGUE At the annual election of the New York 
NOTES Societ y of Keramic Arts at the Waldorf- 
Astoria on the third Monday in January, the 
officers of the previous year were re-elected with the excep- 
tion of the exchange of the name of Mrs. T. M. Fry to that 
of Mr. Marshal Fry. The following is the list of officers : 
Mrs. L. Vance-Phillips, President ; Mr. Chas. Volkmar, First 
Vice-President ; Miss M. Mason, Second Vice-President ; Mr. 
Marshal Fry, Jr., Third Vice-President; Mrs. Lois Andresen, 
Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Elias S. Osborn, Recording Sec- 
retary; Mrs. Evelyn S. DeWitt, Treasurer. 
At the quarterly meeting of the Duquesne Ceramic Club 
of Pittsburg, it was decided to award the three medals an- 
nually given by the Club as follows : Gold— To conven- 
tional design (plate border), based on original drawing from 
nature of Morning Glories or Cyclamen. Silver— Best head 
or figure. Bronze— Best flowers from nature. The annual 
exhibition for 1902 will be held in the Carnegie Art Gallery 
in April. Opening reception on the evening of the 23d, exhi- 
bition to remain open during the week. 
The February meeting of the Brooklyn Society of Min- 
eral Painters was held on the 5th of the month at the resi- 
dence of the President, Mrs. Worth-Osgood, 402 Madison 
street. The subject for papers was " Emphasis and Cen- 
tralization." Mrs. J. H. Havens made some very interesting 
remarks on the subject. The club has just begun a course 
of drawing under the instruction of Miss Cornell, Mr. 
Arthur Davis, assistant. This club is not limited to club 
members, and is proving of great interest and instructive 
value to those engaged in it. Miss Johnson of the National 
League of Mineral Painters, with which this Society is con- 
nected, explained more fully the plan for the medal competi- 
tion, which has already been noted in the Keramic Studio. 
At the January meeting, Miss Montfort of the National 
League, addressed the club on the subject, " Keramics at 
Buffalo," illustrating her talk with specimens of the new 
Rookwood, also specimens of Grueby, and the underglaze of 
Miss McLaughlin, and some pieces of Mexican and Indian 
ware. 
TN THE Our subscribers will be sorry to hear of 
STUDIOS the ^ eav y loss which our friend and contribu- 
tor, Mrs. Maud Briggs Knowlton, has suffered 
in the fire of the Kennard Hotel, Manchester, N. H. She 
was the oldest tenant of the Kennard, and her studio was filled 
with choice china, water colors and bric-a brae. Not only was 
her insurance very small, but even if the lost articles had been 
fully covered, the loss would remain very great, as many could 
not be replaced, the sketches made during her trip abroad last 
summer, the designs which were the accumulation of ten 
years' work, her pictures exhibited in New York and else- 
where, and the many things which every artist prizes much 
above their money value. 
TN THE We have just received the complete and 
cuy-yp^ interesting catalogue of A. Sartorius & Co. for 
colors, lustres and all material needed both by 
overglaze and underglaze decorators. 
